It’s a bizarre sight: a Dutch farmhouse, built in the 17th or 18th century, near a post-war apartment house or high-rise. On a busy city street, no less.
But this juxtaposition can be found in a handful of places in New York City, like on Broadway at 204th Street in Inwood.
Here you’ll find the Dyckman Farmhouse, above, built in the 1780s. It has the lovely sloping eaves and front porch that make these homes so charming.
As does the Lefferts house, also dating to the 1780s. Bought by the city in 1917 and moved just inside Prospect Park off Flatbush Avenue, it was the home of generations of Lefferts, who farmed in Flatbush.
The Historic House Trust has more info and a map of colonial-era structures throughout the five boroughs.
Tags: Dutch farmhouses in New York City, Dutch Flatbush, Dutch in Brooklyn, Dyckman family, Dyckman Farmhouse, historic Flatbush, historic houses in New York City, Lefferts family, Lefferts House, Prospect Park
Ephemeral New York 
March 8, 2010 at 5:20 am |
thx for the Historic House Trust link. here’s one more, not dutch but still 18th c.: http://www.mvhm.org/
March 8, 2010 at 5:42 am |
Thanks Petey. Funny, It tried to hit up the Mount Vernon Hotel on Saturday but ran out of time.
November 5, 2010 at 3:21 am |
I love the juxtaposition. We have a 1638 house in my neighborhood in Cambridge, bound on 3 sides by pre-war apartment/condo buildings and 19th/early 20th century current or former single families across the street.